outfrown

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outfrown (third-person singular simple present outfrowns, present participle outfrowning, simple past and past participle outfrowned)

(transitive) To exceed in frowning.
- 2001, March 18, "Political Sex", alt.slack
  Buster can stare down a statue, outfrown Eeyore, and still keep his hat on! Can your "Bob" match the unflappability of My "Buster"?
- 2010 May 7, Anthony Lane, “Mr. Clegg and Mr. Pickwick”, in New Yorker:
  All day, therefore, the Blues and the Buffs have been locked in contretemps, with Brown and Cameron striving to outfrown each other in statesmanship